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38: Introduction to the Impact of Public Policy on Computer
Graphics
Tuesday, Tutorial
3:30 – 5:15 pm
Room 206
This first course in the policy sequence provides computer
graphics developers, users, and researchers with an overview
of the impact of policy issues that are particularly relevant
to computer graphics: use and protection of intellectual
property, digital copy protection, deployment of broadband
telecommunications, convergence of computing and television,
and research support.
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites, but an interest in the use of
computer graphics by the general public and how policy
affects our professional lives is useful. Only minor knowledge
of computer graphics technology is required.
Topics
Overview of computing and public policy, deployment of
broadband telecommunications, use and protection of intellectual
property, digital copy protection, convergence of computing
and television, research support, and public policy activities.
Organizer
Robert Ellis
Lecturers
Robert Ellis
Barbara Simons
Stanford University
Schedule
| 3:30 |
Introduction
to Public Policy
Ellis and Simons |
| 3:35 |
Overview
of Computing and Public Policy
Simons and Ellis |
| 4:00 |
Deployment
of Broadband Telecommunications
Ellis |
| 4:10 |
Use
and Protection of Intellectual Property (IP)
Simons |
| 4:20 |
Digital
Copy Protection
Losch and Ellis |
| 4:30 |
Convergence
of Computing and Television
Ellis |
| 4:40 |
Research
Support
Ellis |
| 4:50 |
Public
Policy
Ellis and Simons |
| 5:00 |
Discussion
Ellis and Simons |
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